znb

znb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛnɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: zeneb

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to break through (a boundary, such as a wall or a series of boundary markers, by throwing it down)
2. (transitive) to destroy (evildoers) [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Conjugation of znb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: znb, geminated stem: znbb

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
znb	znbw, znb	znbt	znb	znb

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
znb	ḥr znb	m znb	r znb

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	znb.n	znbw, znb	consecutive	znb.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	znbt
perfective3	znb	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative	znb.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	znb	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	znb	znbb	potentialis	znb.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	znb	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	znb.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	znb	active + .tj1, .tw2	znb	znb, znbw5, znby5
imperfective	znb, znby, znbw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	znb, znbj6, znby6	znb, znbw5
prospective	znb, znbtj7	—	znbtj4, znbt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of znb  

znb

Noun

 m

1. battlement or parapet on top of a wall

Inflection

Declension of znb (masculine)

singular	znb
dual	znbwj
plural	znbw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of znb  

znb

[Middle Kingdom]

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 458.6, 458.8–458.9
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 231